Daily new COVID-19 cases in South Korea fell below ten thousand amid a downturn in infections.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Sunday that nine-thousand-835 infections were confirmed throughout the previous day, including 48 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18 million-163-thousand-686.

The daily tally dropped by some 22-hundred from a day ago and 28-hundred from a week ago.

The number of serious and critical patients receiving care at medical facilities is down by five from a day ago to 136, remaining in the 100s for the ninth consecutive day.

Saturday saw 20 deaths, raising the death toll to 24-thousand-258 with the fatality rate standing at zero-point-13 percent.

Just nine percent of ICU beds for critically ill COVID-19 patients were occupied as of 5 p.m. Saturday.